Court records say Ming Che Chen has a new attorney and lawyer wants more time to prepare. The case is currently scheduled for trial Jan. 7

A criminal complaint in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Miss., said the two illegal immigrants went from China to Hong Kong to Honduras. The complaint says they traveled through Mexico and crossed the border near Laredo, Texas.

Court records say Chen picked them up in Texas and was taking them to New York when a deputy stopped him on Interstate 20 in Rankin County, Miss.